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This is fixed in Xenial: " * Don't depend on setuptools, pkg-resources is good enough." ** Summary changed: - Remove dependency for python-setuptools + pep8 unnecessarily depends on python-setuptools ** Changed in: pep8 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1414491 Title: pep8 unnecessarily depends on python-setuptools To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pep8/+bug/1414491/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs